No ka Hale Kalikimaka: A Tradition in Torrington, CT

01 o 14

ʻO kahi hana hoʻokipa ma Torrington, Connecticut

ʻO ka halepuleʻo Kekomaluluʻo Carl Bozenski ma Torrington, Connecticut, he hana hoʻomana no ka makahiki 1947. Nohoʻia ma nā pukeʻo Exchchfield Hills ma ke alanui Church ma Torrington.

Ke weheʻia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Noela mai ka mahina mua o Kekemapa a hiki i ka lāʻo Kekemapa ʻO nā hola he 1:00 a hiki i ka 8:30 pm i kēlā me kēia lā, me nā hola pōkole mai ka hora 9:00 a awakea a awakea. Hoʻomakaʻia ka hopena ma ka Lāpuleʻelua i Kekemapa i ka hora 12:30 pm me kahi pale e puka mai ana mai ka Hale Waiʻokoʻa, ma Main Street, a hiki i ke alanuiʻo Mason a hiki i ka Hale Hōʻoluʻu.

I ka heleʻana o kā māua kaikamahineʻehā makahiki i ka Hale Kalikimaka no ka manawa mua, ua haʻi mai kekahi poʻe o kaʻike iā mākou e lōʻihi ana ka lōʻihi, akā, ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo mai lākou e pili ana ia. Ua pono lākou ma nā heluʻelua.

02 o 14

Nā Hana Manaʻo (ʻo Lā Long Lines)

Ma waho o ka Hale Kalikimaka, he paʻakikī ka haʻiʻana aku i ka mea e kali nei i loko. Hiki iāʻoe a me kāu mau keiki liʻiliʻi ka manawa e noʻonoʻo ai, no ka lōʻihi loa o ka laina no ka Hale Kalikimaka (ua kali mākou i hoʻokahi hola a me ka hapalua). E hoʻomākaukau a hoʻokomo i nā mīkina lima a me ka pāpale inā e hele ke anuanu. (Ua hana wau i ka hewa o ka haʻaleleʻana i nā mīkini a kaʻu kaikamahine i loko o ka kaʻa no ka mea he lā a he mālie ma waho.) E makemake pahaʻoe e loaʻa i kekahi mau pāʻani hoʻokūkū "hoʻokūkū" e mālama ai nā keiki.

E hāʻawi i kahi hola hola e hele ai i ke kauhale ma hope o ka hopena i loko, no laila, e kali i kēia i loko oʻelua hola.

03 o 14

I loko o ka Hale Kalikimaka

ʻO ka laina e komo i loko o ka Hale Kalikimaka e neʻe malie a hiki i ka 8 wale nō 10 poʻe i ka manawa eʻaeʻia i loko. A laila, ua hoʻomaha houʻia ka weheʻiaʻana o ka puka pani'ākea e hōʻike ...

04 o 14

ʻO wai e noho nei maʻaneʻi?

...ʻO ka hale o Santa Claus! ʻO kēia lumi nani i hoʻonaniʻia ka nui o nā maka o nā keiki liʻiliʻi,ʻoiai ma mua o kaʻikeʻana i ke kanaka i loko o ka loleʻulaʻula. ʻO kēia ka mea e pono ai ka lōʻihi lōʻihi!

Eia ke kumu, akā: ināʻaʻoleʻoe eʻike iā Santa,ʻaʻole ponoʻoe e kali ma kēlā laina māmā i mua. E komo wale i ka Hale Kalikimaka ma ka pukaʻaoʻao, a hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nā wahi kaʻawale'ē aʻe.

05 o 14

ʻO Santa Claus

Ma kahi o ka Hale Kalikimaka, hiki i kēlā me kēia keiki ke aloha maikaʻi iā Santa Claus - a me kahi haʻahaʻa! Ua aloha kaʻu kaikamahine iā Beanie Baby rat, aʻo ke keikikāne ma ka laina ma hope o mākou, ua hauʻoliʻo ia i kāna hana ahi.

06 o 14

ʻO ka huiʻana me Mrs. Claus

Ma hope o ko mākou manawa me Santa Claus, ua ukali mākou i nā hōʻailona i ke kahi e kū ai ma Torrington's Christmas Village, kahi i hālāwai ai me Mrs. Claus. Uaʻikeʻo Mrs. Claus me ka makaʻuʻole a me ka hauʻoli e noʻonoʻo ana mākou i ka mākaʻikaʻiʻana iā ia i nā lāʻelima wale nō ma mua o ka Kalikimaka. Ua haʻiʻo ia iā mākou eʻike pono mākou e kipa aku i nā elves a me Rudolph iā mākou i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ke Kalikimaka.

07 o 14

ʻO ka Toy Shop

ʻO ka Toy Shop ka hopena o mākou. Ma waho aku o kēia hale lole hoʻokipa hoʻonaninaniʻole i hōʻikeʻole i ka hana haʻakeʻa e holo ana i loko.

08 o 14

ʻO Elf ma ka Hana

ʻO ka Toy Shop ma ka Hale Kalikimaka ma keʻano o ka nani a me ka pīhoihoi i ka wā muaʻaʻole mākou iʻike i ka elf paʻakikī ma ka hana ma hope o ka puka.

09 o 14

Mele Kalikimaka

Ua hoʻolahaʻia koʻuʻehā makahiki i ka hanaʻana o nāʻelele e hana ana i loko o ka Toy Shop ma ka Hale Kalikimaka. Ua hoʻokipaʻia mai mākou e kahi hoaaloha aloha, akā, ua makemake nui kēia mau meaʻelua i ka loaʻaʻana o ka quy.

10 o 14

E hālāwai me ka Mea Hoʻoilina

A laila, ua hele mākou e hālāwai me ke kākoʻo. ʻEhā mau mea e ola nei-ʻo Rudolph-i hōʻikeʻia ma ka Hale Kalikimaka. Ka'ōlelo aʻo i nā mākua: Ponoʻoe e mākaukau e wehewehe i ke kumu heʻeʻeʻole ka ihu o Rudolph. Ua'ōlelo au e hoomalamalama wale i ka pō, akā ināʻoe e kipa i ka pō,ʻoʻoe wale nō!

11 o 14

ʻO Santa's Sleigh

Ua hikiʻole i kaʻu kaikamahine ke kali e piʻi i luna a noho ma Santa's sleigh. Nui nā kiʻi kiʻi nui ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Ke Kulanuiʻo Connecticut, no laila e hōʻoiaʻiʻo e lawe mai i kāu kamepiula.

12 o ka 14

He Moʻolelo o ka Moʻolelo-Mai ka makahiki 1947

No kēia hōʻailona e hōʻailona ana i nā malihini,ʻo ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Kelelani kahi hana lōʻihi loa ma Torrington, Connecticut . Hoʻomaka ka makahiki i ka makahiki 1947 i ka manawa i konoʻiaʻo Torrington's Parks a me Recreation Supervisor Carl Bozenski e kono iā Santa Claus e kipa aku i kahi pāʻaniʻo Alvord.

13 o 14

ʻO ka Nativity Scene

Mai nā lāʻau uila a me nā mea hana pāʻani i kēia hiʻohiʻona eʻikeʻia ana, nui nā hōʻike pāʻina eʻike ai i kou wā e kipa ai i ka Hale Kalikimaka.

14 o 14

ʻAʻole hiki ke kali no ka makahiki hou!

ʻAe, ua lōʻihi ka kakali, ua kaliʻole kuʻu kaikamahine, a ke makemake nei wau e loaʻa kaʻu kāne ma laila e hiki ai iā mākou ke holo no ka koko wela. ʻO kahi kanaka akamai i ka laina i hōʻea i hoʻokahi hola ma mua o kāna mau keiki! Akā, i ko mākou heleʻana, ua nīnau mai kaʻu kaikamahine, "E hiki anei iā kāua ke hele i laila?" No laila ua kūpono ia.